La Masia has traditionally served as a stepping stone for younger skills to seek out their approach into the Barcelona first-team and the academy has loved its newest resurgence over the previous few years.
Within the type of Gavi, Alejandro Balde, Pau Cubarsi, Fermin Lopez and Lamine Yamal, the membership has as soon as once more seen an enormous inflow of younger skills from the academy who’re all key members of Hansi Flick’s squad.
The competitors for a spot within the first staff and the elevated limelight on La Masia, nonetheless, has additionally attracted the eye of international golf equipment – significantly Saudi Arabia.
Planes within the stands
Earlier this 12 months, Al Ittihad made the headlines by signing younger Barcelona expertise and Barça Atletic star Unai Hernandez for a payment of €4.5 million creating concern within the Catalan membership places of work.
Now, as relayed by Mundo Deportivo, Al-Ittihad’s sporting director Ramon Planes is attending Barcelona U19’s conflict towards Dinamo Zagreb U19 within the UEFA Youth League right this moment.
Al-Ittihad signed Unai Hernandez from Barça (Photograph by Alex Caparros/Getty Photos)
The sport is underway on the Estadi Johan Cruyff and the previous Barcelona sporting director was noticed within the stands within the part for brokers and family members of gamers.
It’s thus clear that Al-Ittihad and different golf equipment in Saudi Arabia see a brand new market in signing gamers younger and that their goal of roping in solely large names is now a matter of the previous.
Unai Hernandez was the primary, however the coming switch home windows could effectively see the Center-East-based golf equipment flock out in bigger numbers in pursuit of younger skills.
It have to be famous that Pau Prim was additionally the topic of a proposal from Qatar however the transfer didn’t undergo. Arnau Pradas has additionally been attracting curiosity from Saudi.
Barcelona should thus be cautious of the curiosity from the Center East golf equipment in La Masia skills and be certain that they’re on beneficial contractual phrases to maintain them sure to the membership.